Although the masses and most of the financial media blame hedge funds for their exorbitant fee structure and disappointing performance, these investors have proved to have great...
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November 24 - Hedge Funds, News
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management is one of the best-known activist hedge funds in the world, managing about $13.8 billion in assets.
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November 22 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The prominence of quantitative hedge funds in the alternative asset management space has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, with several of them now considered...
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October 22 - Hedge Funds, News, Quantitative Investing
Billionaire Larry Robbins founded Glenview Capital in 2001 after having been previously employed as a trader at Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors.
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September 20 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Founded by Daniel S. Och in 1994, OZ Management had developed into one of the largest hedge funds around, boasting more than $39 billion in assets under management.
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August 25 - Hedge Funds, News
Agricultural chemical manufacturing industry can be split into two main components; fertilizers, which constitute about 60% of US industry revenue and pesticides take up the rest...
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August 13 - Hedge Funds, News
The markets are showing strong signs in early Thursday trading, as all three major indexes are up by at least 0.32% this morning.
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July 7 - Market Movers, News
The S&P 500 and other indexes plunged on Wednesday afternoon dragged by a weaker dollar, as investors are shifting their attention to the Fed after concerns over a Brexit faded...
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June 22 - Market Movers, News
Since being established in November 2005, the activist fund Trian Partners has worked with the management teams of a number of under-performing companies including The Wendy's...
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May 19 - Hedge Funds, News
Famed activist investor Nelson Peltz founded Trian Partners in 2005 and has built it into a financial powerhouse that oversees more than $12 billion in assets under management...
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April 30 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
There's been a slew of earnings reports come in over the past 24 hours, with Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG), 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), Coach Inc...
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April 26 - Market Movers, News
Founded in November 2005, Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners is focused on finding undervalued and underperforming companies that could be given an effective makeover by the fund's...
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April 4 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
With many investors expecting the Fed to raise rates this week and the high yield bond market beginning to show signs of rolling over, several new and pending merger stocks are...
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December 14 - Market Movers, News
With the S&P futures in the red again as weak crude prices weigh on sentiment, shares of Dow Chemical Co (NYSE:DOW), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), Finisar Corporation...
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December 11 - Market Movers, News
At a time when the energy markets are still on edge after OPEC's December 4 decision to keep oil lower for longer, and with the S&P 500 barely in the green today, shares of Dow...
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December 9 - Market Movers, News
Highfields Capital Management, founded by Jonathon Jacobson and Richard Grubman in 1998, is one of the titans in the hedge fund industry.
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December 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Trian Fund Management L.P., co-founded by Nelson Peltz, recently disclosed its equity holdings as of September 30 with the SEC.
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November 16 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Fund Analysis, News
Trian Fund Management L.P., co-founded by well-known activist investor Nelson Peltz in 2005, is considered as one of the fastest growing hedge funds in the industry.
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November 14 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
With the earnings season in progress, investors can take a step back from following macroeconomic news and focus on the financial results reported by individual companies.
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October 27 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News
According to a Bloomberg report, a jury has found E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) liable for an Ohio woman’s kidney cancer after a toxic Teflon chemical was found in...
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October 8 - News
Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners may have just won another battle in its ongoing war with E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD).
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October 6 - Market Movers, News
Nelson Peltz may not want another proxy battle with E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), but he doesn’t like to lose money either the influential activist investor said ...
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July 15 - Hedge Funds, News
Chemours Company (NYSE:CC) is not having a great start to its life as an independent, publicly-traded company.
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July 8 - Hedge Funds, News
On the first day of its trading, Chemours Company (NYSE:CC), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD)'s spin off comprising its performance chemicals segment, appreciated by about...
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July 2 - Hedge Funds, News
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) might have taken the day on fending off pressure from activist investor, Nelson Peltz of Trian Partners, but to shareholders something ...
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May 14 - Hedge Funds, News
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners and Rehan Jaffer‘s H Partners Management have each received important backing in their respective proxy fights from influential proxy advisory...
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April 29 - Hedge Funds, News
Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners is embroiled in a vicious proxy fight with E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), which occupies the top spot in its equity portfolio.
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April 14 - Hedge Funds, News
As of the close of trading on March 4, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had gained 1.54% year-to-date.
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March 5 - Hedge Funds, News
In its latest 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Nelson Peltz’s Trian Partners disclosed its top 3 picks for the fourth quarter of 2014.
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January 21 - Hedge Funds, News
Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management has recently disclosed that it has nominated four director candidates to be elected to the board of E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD...
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January 9 - Hedge Funds, News
Companies have different ways on how they approach spending on research and development, and that difference can also explain their success or struggle in business and as CNBC...
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August 6 - News
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) saw unusual activity in its September $67.50 strike price Call options, in Tuesday morning trading, right when the markets opened.
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July 30 - News, Options
According to some readers, the only criticisms of agricultural giants who employ the usage of genetically modified crops come from hipsters or uninformed journalists.
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September 30 - Dividend Stocks, News
A study conducted earlier this summer by the University of Arizona discovered that five of the 13 major agricultural pests had developed resistance to genetically modified crops...
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September 23 - News
The recent September issue of Scientific American is stirring up a bit of controversy.
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September 19 - News
A few months ago, I sat down with a relative who has two kids getting ready to go to college.
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September 17 - News
Back in 1802, when President Jefferson was trudging around the White House, E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) was born.
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September 16 - News
While Africa has long been intransigent in its stance against introducing genetically modified crops, cracks are forming in the opposition, and the world's leading biotechs -- ...
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September 16 - News
Shares of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) have underperformed in the past three months, after the company announced it will drop all of its European Union requests for the approval...
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September 12 - News
Over the past several decades, there's been a massive shift in the relationship between employers and employees.
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September 11 - News
This November voters in Washington will be deciding on labeling of genetically modified foods via Washington Initiative 522, and thus far the biotech/agribusiness industry is ...
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September 11 - News
Today, let's look at Gardner, Russo & Gardner, a hedge fund company with a record that speaks for itself.
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September 10 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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September 10 - News
I can't quite claim to have monitored E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) since its founding back in 1802 as a gunpowder manufacturer.
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September 9 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 6 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 6 - News
The Dogs of the Dow strategy involve investing equal amounts into the 10 highest-yielding dividend stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI).
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September 6 - News
By now, you must already have your list of potential studs and duds ready for this NFL season.
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September 6 - News